But Le Tissier told The Sun: "Personally if I was in that position, even with the difference in wages and stuff I would choose to play every week rather than be an understudy to, maybe, Ashley Cole who is still going to play week-in-week-out.

"There's some serious money behind the club with the Liebherr family so from that point of view we should be able to keep him.

"He looked to get stronger week-by-week and at the back end of the season when he was out for a couple of games we missed him.

"That's normally the sign of a very good footballer when he's missing out of the team, it's noticeable."

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